Do you really think so? According to the very recent YouGov/Labour Party survey, only 33% of voters in Scotland want independence; 57% are opposed. Nearly half (47%) said they thought Scotland would be financially worse off after separation. Only 27% said it would be richer.

Quite right too. I only hope those sensible voters, the ones who don't suffer too badly from the "infantile disease" of nationalism, aren't manipulated into changing their minds by the whipping up of utterly-abhorrent and despicable nationalistic "pride" (shiver).

Yes, we are, but at a deeper level. Sport has always been victim of whipped-up nationalism - especially in the UK. Celebrating the continued reign of a monarch with flag-waving, and skinhead football hooligans' racism have a lot more in common than is comfortable for most people to contemplate...